Re: Vincent_ what is the expected behavior for Frame setting dialog

vincent.abiword wrote on Wed, 4 Apr 2012 00:22:09 +0800:

> 1. http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13308
> Frame format setting dialog can't remember user's thickness setting.

There is a similar bug with the GTK "Text Box", "Table" and "Borders and
Shading" format setting dialogs as well which is kinda hard to describe.

When setting border color/thickness/style or shading/background color and
either switching to another box/table/frame or reopening the formatting
dialog, there is a discrepancy between the actual formatting of the element,
the settings in the dialog and the preview area. The settings are often (but
not always) reset to color black, thickness 1/2 pt and background black while
the preview area almost (but not always correctly) shows the actual
formatting of the element, and the preview will stick to settings that have
been changed, but canceled and not applied, even if the dialog is reopened.
(Is this description understandable?)

The question is: How should the dialogs behave?

If I enter a text box, table or frame with the cursor, what should the
dialogs settings and the preview show? What should they show if reopened?

I'd expect: settings and preview show actual format of box/table/frame when
dialog opens, but settings and preview (which may have been changed by the
user meanwhile to try out - but not yet applied - different settings) don't
change while dialog is running and the cursor is placed into another
box/table/frame.

Is this a reasonable and the favored behavior?

Ingo
Received on Wed Apr 4 01:43:51 2012